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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW 

AND 

CHIDE Tl) VOTERS AND ELECTION OFFICERS. 


REVISED ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LEGISLATION. 


Compiled by S. B. JMcCracken. 

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN: 

Published by the Compiler, 133 Seitz Block. 

1893. 




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AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTION LAW. 


The amendments made to the Act of 1891 by the Legislature of 1898 are as 
follows: 

1. Prohibiting candidates for office from sitting on election boards. (See Sec. 
55.) The provision is right in principle, but it is quite likely that the inconveniences 
that will result from its observance will be much greater than any abuses that would 
follow its non-observance. Attorney-General Ellis, in reply to an inquiry by the 
compiler, gives it as his opinion that a violation of the provision would subject the 
person offending to the penal provisions of section 114 (Sec. 45 of the Act of 1891). 
The provision will probably not be regarded as applicable to persons whose names 
may be on the ticket for inspectors of election, which will hardly be construed to be 
an “office.” 

2. Defining the time for opening and closing polls at judicial elections. (See 
Sec. 55a.) 

8. Where but one officer is to be elected to a given office, the name on the party 
ticket need not be erased when a cross is made before the corresponding name on 
another ticket. (Sec. 59, 60, 60a. See also sample ballots on pages 22, 23.) 

4. Tickets of illiterate and infirm persons to be marked in the booth by an 
inspector, in the presence of the challengers. (Sec. 61.) 

5. Providing chairs and table for challengers, and giving them the right to 
inspect the poll lists. (Sec. 69.) 

6. The ticket of the party having the most votes to be placed first on the ballot. 
(Sec. 94.) 

7. Providing a round mark or circle at the head of the ticket instead of the 
square. (Sec 94 and p. 21.) 

8. Requiring metallic stamps to be placed in the booths for marking the bal¬ 
lots.* (Sec 96.) 

9. Permitting committees to print sample ballots on colored paper for the pur¬ 
pose of instruction. (Sec. 103.) 

10. Limiting the number of voters in election districts to six hundred and fifty. 
(Sec. 104.) 

11. Modifying the former provisions of law relative to expenditures of money 
for political purposes. (Sec. 113, clause 3.) 

* Attorney-General Ellis holds that a ticket marked with ink or pencil would be valid. The 
Attorney-General, after treating the subject at some length, concludes: “The words ‘stamp,’ 
‘ make ’ and 4 mark ’ in the Act, in all cases are used simply to instruct the voter where to mark the 
ballot and where the marking is to be done, and without particular intent as to a given method of 
marking. 


Copyright, 1893, by S. B. McCracken. 





DIGEST OF ELECTION LAWS 

FOR THE USE OF REGISTRARS AND INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. 


NOTE —The first pages following are designed more especially for the guidance of inspectors 
of election on election day. The Digest itself is in the language of the compiler, giving the sub¬ 
stance of the statutes and well known decisions, and reciting in brief the several acts to be done in 
their order, with references to the text where deemed necessary. The most recent legislation 
is given in full, beginning on page 9, in manner as explained by note on that page. Under the 
opinion of the law officers of the city, the special provisions of the Detroit charter relating to 
elections are not affected by the general law. 


MANNER OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS. 

1. Opening the Poll. The polls are opened at eight o’clock a. m.,* “or as 
soon thereafter as may be.” When the full number of inspectors are present, the 
chairman should call them to order at the proper time, and they should then appoint 
not exceeding four clerks and two gate keepers. If any of the inspectors are absent 
at the time for opening, the chairman should announce to the electors present that the 
time for opening the poll has arrived, and the vacancies should then be filled by viva 
voce vote of the electors. If the chairman is absent, one of the other inspectors should 
make the announcement. The vacancies being filled, the clerks and gate keepers 
will then be appointed. The clerks and any inspectors so elected, and the gate 
keepers, should be sworn. Three of the inspectors should then be designated as 
special registers. The ballot boxes should then be examined, to see that nothing 
remains in them; they should then be locked, and the keys delivered to one of the 
inspectors, to be designated by the board. The packages of ballots should then be 
opened, and the ballots marked with the initials of one of the inspectors, and the 
stamps placed in the booths (Sec. 57), and the printed instructions posted as by Sec. 
60d Public proclamation should then be made that the polls are open. 

2. Chairman of Board. If the chairman of the board be not present, the 
board, after the vacancies are filled, should elect a chairman for the day from their 
own number. (See Sec. 58 ) 

3. Powers of the Board. In practice the three members designated to act as 
special registers until noon on election day will conduct the registration, and the three 
remaining inspectors will conduct the election. But on any question involving a 
division the whole board may be consulted. The division of the board for the purpose 
of registration, or for conducting the two o’clock count, does not limit the right of 
any member to his full voice on all questions. 

4. The Ballots. Tickets can be had only from an inspector. Their circulation 
outside is prohibited. (See Sec. 62, herein.) The voter receives his ballot on entering 
the room, retires to the booth, and marks it. (See Secs. 59, 60, 60a, 60b and 60c.) If 
the voter exposes his ticket after marking it he forfeits his right to vote. (See Sec. 
62.) For form of ballot and sample ballots, see pp. 21-23. 


* Central standard time, which is twenty-eight minutes slower than city time, governs in all 
matters relating to registration and elections. The hour for opening the polls in Detroit is gov¬ 
erned by charter, which is 8 o’clock. This, however, has reference to city elections only. In case 
of a general election the polls open at 7 o’clock, and jq the election of a member of Congress also, 
(See Sec. 55 and 55a.) 





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5. Duties of Inspectors with Reference to the Ballots. The packages of 
ballots are to be opened at the opening of the poll, and marked with initials, as by 
Sec. 57, and delivered to the electors in the order in which they apply. (Sec. 59.) 
The inspector may explain to the voter, or call an interpreter (Sec. 59), or may 
mark his ballot for him in a booth in the presence of the challengers. ( Sec. 61.) 

6. Reception of the Ballots. The voter must fold his ballot before offering it, 
so that no part of the inside can be seen, but so that the initials on the upper left hand 
corner on the outside may be seen. The inspector receiving the ballot will call the 
name in a clear, audible voice, and (the vote being deemed legal) will deposit it in 
the box without examining or permitting it to be examined. The chairman usually 
receives the votes, but may call any other inspector to that duty. 

7. Limitation of Time in the Booths. The board may prescribe the time a 
voter may remain in a booth, but not less than one nor more than five minutes. (See 
Sec. 64.) 

8. Gate Keepers. The gate keepers have the power of police officers in keeping 
the peace and maintaining order at the polls. The gate keeper at the entrance gate 
should admit only so many persons at any one time as there are booths unoccupied. 
The keeper at the exit gate should require each person to pass out when he has voted 
(or if his vote is refused), and should admit no one. Gate keepers are prohibited from 
soliciting an elector in regard to his vote, and no candidate for office can be a gate 
keeper. (See Secs. 58 and 63.) 

9. Infirm Persons* Neither the Act of 1889 nor that of 1891 contains any 
provision whereby persons who are blind or otherwise infirm may be assisted to the 
polls. In the case brought under the Act of 1889 (Common Council of Detroit vs. 
Controller, 82 Mich., 532; 46 N. W. R., 951), it was held that infirm persons might 
be assisted to the polls, and that those blind or otherwise incapacitated might have 
their tickets prepared outside. But the cases differ in this : That the Act of 1889 did 
not prohibit the circulation of tickets outside, while the Act of 1891 does. By the 
last named Act, the only person who in terms may mark a ticket for an elector is an 
inspector. (See Sec 61.) See also Secs. 58 and 62 as to the possibly implied right of 
an elector to have the assistance of an outside person in preparing his ballot. The 
spirit of the Act of 1891, and of the opinion handed down in the case cited, seem to 
favor the view that an infirm person may be assisted to the polls and have the assist¬ 
ance of an outside person in preparing his ballot in the booth where there is a neces¬ 
sity for it. 

10. Challengers. Each political party, by authority signed by its proper com¬ 
mittee, may appoint one challenger, “who shall be assigned such position * * 

* inside the polling place as will enable him to see each person as he offers to 
vote.” Such challenger is entitled to the protection of the officers of election and the 
police in the discharge of his functions, and may remain until the returns are fully 
made up, signed and sealed. (See Sec. 69.) The challengers may also witness the 
marking of the ballots of illiterate and infirm persons. (Sec 61.) They are to be pro¬ 
vided with chairs and table, and may inspect the poll lists. (Sec. 69.) 

11. Challenges. It is the duty of each inspector, and the right of any elector, 
to challenge any person believed not to be a voter. The fact that a person is regis¬ 
tered is proof prima facie only, that he is a voter. A registered person should be 
challenged if there is any doubt about his right to vote. The following form of oath 
may be used in cases of challenge: 

“You do solemnly swear [or affirm ] that you will true answers make to such ques¬ 
tions as shall be asked you , touching your qualifications as an elector at this poll.” * 

12. Marking Ballots of Challenged Persons. When the vote of a chal¬ 
lenged person is received, before placing it in the box, one of the inspectors shall 
mark with pencil on the back of the ballot the number of the voter’s name on the 
poll list, and with mucilage tack a bit of paper over the mark so as to conceal it, but 
so that the covering can be removed without injuring or defacing the mark. The 
covering is not to be removed by any inspector or clerk, and can be removed only 
upon the order of a court in case of a contested election. (See Secs. 72, 73.) 


* See Secs. 69 to 73 as tip challenges. The charter of the city of Detroit provides for administer¬ 
ing the usual form of judicial oath, and for examining the challenged person under oath so that 
the form of oath prescribed by the general law (page 13) does not apply. 



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13. Who may Tote. The elective franchise in Michigan h confined to male 
pars ms twenty-one years of age and over.* Such persons only can vote who come 
within one or the other of the following classes: 

I. Citizens of the United States, whether native or naturalized. 

II. Persons of foreign birth who resided in the State on the 24th day of June, 
1835. 

III. Persons of foreign birth who resided in the State on the 1st day of January, 
1850, and have declared their intention to become citizens six months prior to an 
election. 

IV. Persons of foreign birth who have resided in the State two years and six 
months, and have declared their intention six months before election. 

V. Civilized persons of Indian descent, born in the United States, and not mem¬ 
bers of any tribe. 

A right of suffrage acquired under the 2d, 3d and 4th clauses above, does not 
confer the right upon sons. But sons of aliens who have declared their intentions, 
but died before naturalization, may become citizens upon making proof and takiag 
the oath. 

But no person can vote who has not resided in the State three months, and in the 
election district ten days preceding the election. Electors must also be registered. 

Service in the army or navy does not of itself confer citizenship, but it confers a 
right of citizenship upon making the requidte proof and takiag the preseribed oath. 

14. Citizenship. Citizenship consists of— 

I. Persons born or naturalized in the United States. 

II. Children born in a foreign country, whose parents were citizens of the United 
States at the time. 

III. Minor children of foreign birth dwelling in the United States at the time of 
the naturalization of their parents, if coming to the country before the age of sixteen. 

This defines citizenship generally, although it may be qualified by various circum¬ 
stances. 

15. Residence. The residence of an elector is in the ward or election district in 
which his family resides, or where his regular boarding house is. The temporary 
residence of one’s family elsewhere does not affect his domicil, and decisions are to the 
effect that a person may acquire a residence and right to vote at a place other than 
where his family resides, if such be his iatention. 

16. Removal after Registration. Where a person is registered in one district, 
and removes to another district in the same ward after the close of the registration, and 
before the then ensuing election, he may vote in the district from which he removed. 
But removal to another ward forfeits his right. 

17. Registration on Election Day. Persons who were sick or absent from the 
city on the regular days of registration, may register up to noon on election day, by 
taking the required oath, for which special blank forms are provided. A person 
registered on election day should not be marked as “sworn” on the poll lists. Those 
only who are challenged at the poll should be thus marked. 

18. Copy of Registration Lists. The inspectors, on closing the poll, are 
required to take one of the printed handbills and write thereon the names of all 
registered persons not on the printed lists The copy so made is to be certified by the 
board, or a majority of them, and filed with the county [city] clerk. 

19. Saloons. If any poll should be appointed to be held in a saloon, or in any 
place contiguous to [connected with or adjoining] a saloon, or should any saloon be 
opened at or contiguous to the place where any poll may have been appointed, the 
inspectors, on or before the day of election, are required to find some other place as 
near at hand as may be, for holding the poll. They are to meet on the morning of 
election at the place first appointed, and after any vacancies in their own number may 
have been filled, adjourn to the place selected by them, making public declaration of 
such adjournment, and also posting a notice. (See Sec. 110.) 

* By an act of the Legislature, session 1889, women citizens of full age are allowed to vote for 
school inspectors at spring elections. By Act 138, Pub. Acts, 1893, a qualified suffage is extended 
to women at “ all school, village and city elections.” The validity of this act is being tested in the 
Supreme Court. 



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20. Liquors. No person is permitted to introduce any liquors into a room 
where an election is being held under penalty of fioe and imprisonment. Any 
inspector or clerk of election drinking liquors or being intoxicated while on duty, is 
subject to a like penalty. (See Sec. 111.) 

21. Closing the Poll. The polls are closed at five o’clock. Declaration should 
be made outside one hour, thirty mmutes, fifteen minutes, and five minutes, respect¬ 
ively, before the closing. 

CANVASS AND RETURNS. 

22. Comparing the Poll Lists. This is the first step in making the canvass. 
If the number of names on each poll list is the same, the lists will be presumed to 
agree. It would be well, however, for the clerks to compare each page as it is com¬ 
pleted, to see that the first and last names on each list are the same, and that the 
numbers correspond. By the Act of 1889, the poll lists, when duly verified, are to be 
signed by the inspectors and attested by the clerks. This last provision is not in the 
Act of 1891, but it may be fairly persumed to be still in force, and it is at least a safe 
rule to follow. 

23. The Canvass. The method of the canvass does not differ essentially from 
that formerly practiced. (See Secs. 78, 79.) 

24. Double Ballots. The law heretofore has made provision for destroying 
ballots where two or more were found folded together. Under the new law this can 
hardly occur. 

25. As to Misplaced Ballots. But when a general and city election are held, 
nr where there are separate city and ward tickets, so that more than one box is used, 
if an excess of ballots is found in the box first opened, it would be proper not to 
destroy them at once, but, after being drawn out, they should be sealed up (unopened) 
and kept until the count is finished, as the excess may come by reason of some ballots 
having been placed in the wrong box. But it will not do to offset an excess of votes 
on the two o’clock count against a possible deficiency in the fiye o’clock count. 

26. The Two O’Clock Count. At two o’clock, three of the inspectors having 
been designated to conduct the canvass, the clerks should compare their poll lists, 
and if they agree, they should then write the words, “Two o’clock p. m.” opposite 
the last* name, and furnish the canvassing inspectors with the number of names on 
the lists at that time. The three inspectors should then take the boxes that have been 
used up to that time and proceed with the canvass Other boxes being substituted, 
they should be examined and locked, as by Secs. 1 and 7. * 

27. The Return Blanks. As soon at least as the two o’clock count is begun, 
it would be well to place the return blanks in the hands of one of the clerks, who, 
under the direction of an inspector, should fill them out as fully as they can be before 
the canvass is completed. The return blanks may then all be signed by the inspectors 
as they have leisure during the afternoon. This course will greatly lessen the final 
work in closing up the returns. 

28. No Adjournment. On closing the poll, the inspectors are to proceed, with¬ 
out recess or adjournment, to complete the canvass and returns. 

29. The Returns. Three sets of returns are to be made out, and signed by all 
the inspectors present. Each set must be securely sealed up, and the names of all 
the inspectors written across the fold of the envelope. These returns are to be dis¬ 
posed of as follows : One set is to be delivered immediately to the county clerk by 
two inspectors appointed for the purpose. One set is to be delivered immediately to 
the city clerk by two other inspectors appointed for that purpose. The other set is to 
be delivered to the clerk of the Recorder’s Court by the inspector appointed to attend 
the city canvass. The persons carrying the returns to the county and city clerks are 
required to proceed at once, but by different routes, to their respective destinations. 
The several clerks are required to keep their offices open until all the returns are 
received. 


* The provision for a two o'clock count is not mandatory. It was waived at the last election 
(and will probably be again), because of the inconvenience of providing so many ballot boxes. An 
honest count made after the close of the polls will be every way legal. 



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30. The Poll Lists. One of the poll lists should be inclosed with the returns 
sent to the county clerk, and the other with those sent to the city clerk. 

31. The Tally Sheets. One of these is to be placed in the box with the ballots. 
(See Sec. 81.) The law makes no provision as to the disposition of the other. It 
would be well, as to a general election, to return it to the county clerk, and as to a 
city election to the city clerk, with the other returns. 

32. The Registration Books. These should be signed by the inspectors after 
the close of the poll, and returned to the city clerk with the returns of the election. 

33. The Ballot Boxes and Ballots. The canvass being completed, the ballots 
are returned to the proper boxes, with one of the tally sheets. The boxes must then 
be locked and sealed. (See Sec. 81.) The boxes are then taken in charge by a mem¬ 
ber of the metropolitan police. 

34. Keys and Seal. These are returned to the city clerk. 

35. Announcing the Result. The law provides that the canvassers shall pub¬ 
licly announce the result. (Sec. 83.) As three sets of returns are required to be made, 
after they have been made out they should be placed in the hands respectively of three 
inspectors, while a fourth should hold the tally sheets. The inspector holding the 
tally sheets should then read the figures, and those holding the returns should care¬ 
fully compare them with the figures as read, and see that they agree. This reading 
and comparison will be a sufficient announcement of the result, if so stated at the 
time. And the inspectors should see that the tally sheets agree also. 

36. City and County Canvass. One member of the board should be appointed 
to attend the city canvass, and, in case of a general election, a member should be 
appointed to attend the county canvass also. The board of city canvassers meet at 
the city clerk’s office, or in the council chamber, at 3 p. m. on the Saturday following 
the election.* 

37. Duplicity—Slips. If more persons are voted for for any office than there 
are offices to be filled, the ballot as to such office cannot count for any person. The 
new law does not contemplate any general use of slips, but yet they may be used. 

3S. Errors in Names. Where a name on a ballot is misspelled, but not so as to 
change the sound or pronunciation, the ballot is good. So in well known abbrevia¬ 
tions of the first name, as Wm. for William, Jas. for James, Chas. for Charles, etc. 
Initials without a first name in full are not good. But yet when a person is commonly 
known and voted for by his middle name, as “ J. Logan Chipman,” it would be good, 
although a slip for J. Logan Chipman, if the tickets were printed for John L. Chip- 
man, could not be counted. 

39. Intention. Inspectors are not to judge too liberally as to the “intention” 
of the voter. A ballo,t may be a-little out of form, and yet be good; but it must clearly 
express the will of the voter without calling upon the inspectors to guess at it. This 
must be ascertained from the ballot; and if that fails to express the intention, evidence 
cannot be allowed to explain it. 

40. Title of Office. In designating an office, nothing is required beyond such a 
description as leaves no doubt of what is meant. Omitting the word “for” before the 
name of office, is immaterial. The description of the office, even in an abbreviated 
form, is sufficient, if it leaves no doubt as to what is intended. 


REGISTRATION. 

41. Registration, When Made. Registrations are held in the city as follows, 
closing in each case on the second Saturday bsfore election: 

On presidential years, four days, when a new registration is to be made through¬ 
out. 

At general elections, other than presidential years, three days. 

At city elections in odd numbered years, and at spring elections, two days. 


* Election boards in the wards composing the First Congressional District, on occasion of the 
special Congressional election in 1893, will appoint one of their number nominally to attend the 
county canvass,” although the district comprises only a part of the county. But there is no other 
provision of law for making return of the vote for Congressman. 



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The hours of registration on presidential years are 7:30 A. m. to 10 p. m., and or* 
other years 10 a. m. to 8 p. m., continuously in all cases. 

42. Entering* Names in Register. Any person who is competent to do so 
may (if qualified) write his own name in the register, but in practice the names are 
(and it is better that they should be) entered by one of the registrars. 

43. Personal Application. An elector, in order to be registered, must apply 
in person to the board when in session. 

44. Who May Register. For qualifications of electors see sections 13 and 14. 

45. Examination of Applicants. The board is required to question every per 
son presenting himself for registration as to his right to be registered, and may put 
him under oath for that purpose. They may also swear and employ an interpreter 
where the applicant does not speak the English language. 

46. New Registrations. The board shall require each applicant to state 
whether he has previously been registered in or resided in any other district. Each 
board shall make a separate list of the new registrations, particularly specifying those 
who have previously been registered in any other district, noting the previous place- 
of residence of such person. These lists are returned, with the registration books, to 
the city clerk. 

47. The Registration Books. At the close of their session, the board, or the 
members who made the registration in the particular district, shall sign the list under 
each alphabetical division, adding the date of their signatures, and shall immediately 
deposit the same with the city clerk, whose office is kept open for the purpose. 

48. City Board of Registration. The chairman of each district board is a 
member of the city board of registration, with two others, designated by the board at 
their first regular meeting. The city board meets at the council chamber, on the 
Monday next preceding the election, at nine o’clock a. m. 

49. Duties of the City Board. A chairman and a clerk should be appointed. 
The registers of the several districts are then examined and corrected by the lists 
returned to the city clerk, as by section 48. The board may correct any errors 
appearing therein, but no new names shall be added or marked so as to indicate that 
any person has ceased to be an elector iu any district, unless it be found that a person 
is registered in two or more districts, in which case the board shall ascertain the dis¬ 
trict in which the person is entitled to be registered, and shall indicate in the regis¬ 
ter of any other district the fact that such person is not entitled to vote in such other 
district, retaining the name of such person in the district in which he is entitled to 
vote. 

50. Marks with Red Ink. When any person shall have ceased to be an elector 
in any district, the board of registration of such district, at its session, may note the 
fact in red ink acrosss the name of such elector, in addition to the marks provided to 
be set opposite his name by law. This is also done by the city board in the discharge- 
of their duties under the last preceding section. 


STATUTORY PROVISIONS 

RELATING TO THE MANNER OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS. 


NOTE.—Act 190, Public Acts, 1891, approved July 3, 1891, is entitled “An Act to prescribe the 
manner of conducting, and to prevent fraud and deception at elections in this State." A Supple¬ 
mental Act (194), adapts the first named Act to local elections. (See Sec. 115-118, herein.) Such 
pre-existing and unrepealed statutory provisions as connect themselves with the subject matter 
are included herein with the legislation of 1891, but the order of the latter has not been adhered to. 
The arrangement of the sections (and in some cases parts of sections), has been so changed as to 
secure as far as practicable continuity of the text with the processes that it prescribes. The section 
numbers of the Act of 1891 are given in parentheses, following the side heads. 


OPENING- THE POLL. 

51. Inspectors of Election. (1.) That at all elections at which any presiden¬ 
tial elector, member of Congress, member of the Legislature, State or County Officer 
or Circuit Judge is to be elected, or any amendments to the constitution, the supervisor, 
two justices of the peace (not holding the office of supervisor or township clerk), whose 
terms of office will first expire, and the township clerk of each township, and the 
assessor, if there be one, and aldermen of each ward in a city, shall be inspectors of 
election : Provided , That in all voting precincts where by. special enactment provi¬ 
sions exist for designating inspectors of election, said provisions are not to be super¬ 
seded, but such officers shall be the inspectors of election under this act: And pro¬ 
vided further , That no person shall act as such inspector who is a candidate for any 
office to be elected by ballot at said election. As amended , Act 202 , Pub. Acts , 1893 . 

52. Filling Vacancies. (2.) In case four * inspectors shall not attend at the 
opening of the polls, or shall not remain in attendance during the election, the electors 
present may choose, viva voce , such number of said electors as, with the inspector or 
inspectors present, shall constitute a board of four in number; and such electors so 
•chosen, shall be inspectors of that election during the continuance thereof. 

53. Chairman of Board. (8.) When the supervisor shall be one of the board, 
he shall be chairman thereof ; but if he be absent, such one of their number as the 
inspectors shall designate shall be chairman. 

54. Clerks of Election. (3.) In townships, the township clerk, if present, 
shall act as clerk of the election, and before opening the polls, the inspectors shall 
appoint an elector to be a second clerk ; and if the township clerk be not present, the 
board shall appoint two such clerks, and the inspectors in each voting precinct in a 
city shall designate one of their number to act as clerk, and shall appoint one other 
•elector as second clerk ; and each of the clerks so appointed, and each of the inspect¬ 
ors so chosen, shall take the constitutional oath of office, which oath either of the 
inspectors may administer. 

55. When Polls to Open and Close. (5.) On the day of election, the polls 
thereof shall be opened at seven o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as may be, 
and shall be continued open until five o’clock in the afternoon of the same day, and no 

* The election law heretofore in force provided for a board of three inspectors. This section 
and the one preceding and following, so far as they relate to townships, contemplate those town¬ 
ships only where but a single poll is held. Section 4 of the Act of 1891 (Sec. 104 herein) provides that 
in case of the division of a township, the election shall be governed by existing laws. The law 
governing this subject (Howell, Sec. 126), provides that the regular township inspectors shall 
be the inspectors in District No. 1, and two justices and the treasurer in District No. 2. The spirit 
of the Act of 1891 would require the appointment of a fourth inspector in such cases. Probably but 
few townships will be divided into more than two districts, but in case of more than two, the section 
of Howell above quoted makes the necessary provision. Election boards in the city of Detroit are 
composed of six members, as heretofore. 





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longer ; * but in townships the board may adjourn the polls at twelve o’clock, noon, for 
one hour, in their discretion. The inspectors shall cause proclamation to be made 
upon opening the polls, and shall also cause proclamation to be made of the closing of 
the polls, one hour, thirty minutes, and fifteen minutes respectively, before the closing 
thereof. 

55a. Opening and Closing Polls at Judicial Elections. (47.) At the general 
election to be held in this State on the first Monday of April, 1893, or in any second 
year thereafter, the polls of such election in townships and cities shall, for all pur¬ 
poses, open and close at the times herein presciibed for the opening and closing of 
polls, anything in Act number 194, of the Public Acts of 1891, or in any other statute, 
local or general, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That this section shall 
not be construed as forbidding a noon adjournment in townships. Added by Act 18 1 
Pub. Acts, 1893. 

56. Ballot Boxes to be Examined. (7.) Before opening the poll, the ballot 
box shall be examined, and the contents, if any, removed therefrom ; it shall then be 
locked, and the key thereof delivered to one of the inspectors, to be designated by the 
board. The said box shall not be opened during the election, except as provided by law- 
in case of adjournments. 

THE BALLOTS AND METHOD OF VOTING. 


57. Packages of Ballots to be Opened —Ballots to be Marked with 
Initials. (22.) At the opening of the polls, after the organization of, and in the pres¬ 
ence of the board of inspectors, one of the inspectors shall open the packages of bal¬ 
lots in such a manner as to preserve the seal intact. He shall then deliver to one of 
the inspectors, to be designated by the board, fifty of the ballots, and shall place the 
stamps for marking the ballots in the booths, two in each. The inspector so desig¬ 
nated shall at once proceed to write his initials in ink on the upper left hand corner 
of the back of each of said ballots, in his ordinary hand writing, and without any 
distinguishing mark of any kind. As each successive elector calls for a ballot, another 
one of the inspectors shall deliver to him the first signed of the fifty ballots, and as: 
the supply of ballots in? the hands of the inspectors shall decrease, additional ballots 
shall be signed by the same inspector, so that at least twenty-five ballots so signed, shall, 
be at all times in the hands of the inspector delivering the ballot to the elector, f 

58. Admittance of Electors within the Bailing. (21.) The entrance gate 
shall be in charge of a gate keeper appointed at the opening of the polls by the board 
of election inspectors, and duly sworn to allow no person to pass through said gate 
and enter said railing except as otherwise provided in this Act, except to vote or to- 
assist some elector in the preparation of his ballot, as provided in this act, and no per¬ 
son shall be allowed to be inside of said railing, except to vote or to assist an elector 
in the preparation of his ballot as hereinafter provided, and as soon as the elector 
has voted he shall retire without, and shall not again be admitted within the railing,, 
and only as many electors as there are booths shall be allowed within the railing at 
one and the same time, and the electors shall be admitted in the order in which they 
shall apply. 

Note -The matter embraced in section numbers 59, 60, 60a, 60b, and 60c (which follow), is all 
embodied in section 26 of the amendatory Act (Pub. Act 202) of 1893. The section has been sub¬ 
divided and the arrangement changed so as to render it more plain. The clause in brackets in sec. 
59 is an addition by the compiler. The essential matter in this connection is the provision that 
when a ticket is marked with the cross at the head, and some name on another ticket is also 
marked, or where a name is written or pasted in the space under a name on the party ticket, it 
shall count as against the name on the party ticket, even though the latter is not erased. The 
formula is shown by the sample ballots on page 23. 

59. Ballots to be delivered to Electors—Method of Marking. (26.) When 
an elector shall not be challenged or shall have taken the necessary oath or affirmation, 
he shall be permitted to vote. On entering the room, the inspector holding the bal¬ 
lots shall deliver to him one of them, and on request shall give explanation of the 
manner of voting ; if deemed necessary by the board, an interpreter may be called. 
The elector shall then, and without leaving the room, go alone into a booth which is 
unoccupied, and indicate the candidate for whom he desires to vote as follows : If 


* See Section 115 herein by which at township meetings the polls will open at 9 o’clock and 
c ose between 3 and 6 o clock, and at municipal elections in cities and villages, the opening and 
closing will be governed by charter. See also Sec. 55a. p K u 

+ Slips, when provided for the purpose of supplying vacancies, should be attached to the tickets 
before they are given out, as by Sec. 98 herein. 



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the party desires to vote a straight ticket he must stamp a cross (X) in the circle under 
the name of his party at the head of the ballot. Nothing further need be done. * * 

* A ticket marked with a cross in the circle under a party name will be deemed a 
vote for each of the candidates named in such party column whose name is not erased, 
except those candidates where a cross is placed in the square before the name of some 
opposing candidate on the opposite ticket, or where a name is written or pasted on the 
party ticket, of some candidate whose name is not piinted as a candidate on any party 
ticket [and except also as provided in Sec. 60]. Where only one candidate is to be 
elected to an office, and the elector desires to vote for a candidate not on his party 
ticket, he should make a cross in the circle under the name of his party, and also 
make a cross in the square before the name of the candidate for whom he desires to 
vote on the other ticket. In such case it will not be necessary to strike off the name 
of the candidate on the party ticket. * * * In case there is only one candidate to 
be elected to any office, the cross in the square before the name of the candidate on the 
opposing ticket shall be deemed one vote for such candidate. 

60. Where More than One Officer is to he Toted for. (26.) Where two or 
more candidates are to be elected to the same office, like circuit court commissioners, 
electors, etc., and the voter desires to vote for candidates on different tickets for such 
office, he must mark a cross in the circle under his party name and mark a cross in the 
square before the name or names of the candidate for whom he desires to vote on the 
other ticket or tickets, and also erase an equal number of names of the candidates for 
such office on his party ticket. * * * Where there are two or more candidates to 
elect to the same or like offices, a cross before the names of the opposing candidate or 
candidates shall be deemed one vote for such candidate or candidates, provided an 
equal number of names for the same office are erased from the party ticket. 

60a. “ Stump” Candidates, etc. (26.) If the elector wishes to vote for a can¬ 
didate not on any ticket he must write or paste the name of such candidate on his ticket 
opposite the name of the office, and make a cross in the circle under the party name. 

* * * If the name of any person who is not a candidate on any ticket, is written 
or placed on the party ticket opposite the name of the office, and there is a cross in the 
circle under the party name, the name so written shall be counted one vote for the per¬ 
son so mentioned, whether the original name on the party ticket is erased or not, 
excepting in cases where there is a cross in the square before the name of some oppos¬ 
ing candidate on some other party ticket. 

60b. Toting a Mixed Ticket. (26.) If no cross is placed in the circle under 
the party name, a cross in the square before the name of any candidate shall be 
deemed a vote for such candidate, except in cases where the elector votes for more 
candidates for the same office than are to be elected. 

60c. Constitutional Amendments, etc. (26.) Such elector may also indicate 
his preference on any constitutional amendment or other question by stamping a (X) 
in the square in front of the words “ Yes” or “No” opposite such question. 

60d. Printed Instructions. (31.) Uniform printed instructions to voters, 
printed in large type upon cards, shall be furnished by the Stcretary of State, to the 
county clerk of each county, containing any information that will enable voters to 
quickly make and correctly designate their choice, and the county clerks shall furnish 
such cards to the city and township clerks in the county. Such clerks shall furnish 
such cards to each polling place, one of which shall be hung in each compartment, 
two in the polling room and three on the outside of the building in which the voting 
takes place Whenever the clerk of any county notifies the Secretary of State that 
the printed instructions are also needed in a foreign language, and such language is 
stated then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to furnish such printed 
instructions in such foreign language. In case of necessity the chairman may employ 
an interpreter. 


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61. When Inspector may Mark Ballot. (32.) When an elector shall make 
oath that he cannot read English, or that because of physical disability he cannot 
mark his ballot, or when such disability shall be made manifest to said inspectors, his 
ballot shall be marked for him in the presence of the challenger of each political party 
having a challenger at such voting place, by an inspector designated by the board for 
that purpose ; which marking shall be done in one of the booths. As amended , Act 
202 , Pub. Acts, 1893. 

62. Ballot to be Folded—How De posited in Box—Not to be Shown. (26.) 
Before leaving the booth, the elector shall .old his ballot so that no part of the face 
thereof shall be exposed, and so that the initials of the inspector shall be on the out¬ 
side thereof, and on leaving the booth shall at once deliver, in public view, such bal¬ 
lot to the inspector designated to receive the same, who shall thereupon announce 
audibly the name of the elector offering the same. Before the ballot is deposited in 
the box, the poll clerks shall enter the name of such elector on their respective poll 
lists, and number the same consecutively. The inspector shall then, in presence of the 
elector and of the board of inspectors, deposit the same in the ballot box without 
opening the same: * Provided, however, if any elector shall show his ballot, or any 
part thereof, to any person.(other than one lawfully assisting him in the preparation 
thereof), after the same shall have been marked, so as to disclose any part of the face 
thereof, such ballot shall not be received or deposited in the ballot box. In case such 
elector shall so expose his ballot, his name shall be entered on the poll lists with a 
minute of such occurrence, and such elector shall not be allowed to vote thereafter at 
said election The elector shall then leave the room, but no elector to whom a ballot 
has been delivered shall be permitted to leave the room without voting the ballot or 
returning it to the inspector from whom he received it. Any elector who shall 
attempt to leave the room with a ballot or stamp in his possession, shall be at once 
arrested on demand of any member of the board of inspectors, if he shall refuse to 
deliver the same upon request. Idem. 

63. Duties of Gate Keepers. (39.) The gate keepers of elections shall be peace 
officers at polling places, and are hereby delegated power equal to constables for the 
purpose of maintaining peace and quiet at the polls on election day. They shall have 
charge of and keep the gates at polling places, and shall not allow any person to 
approach within the railing provided for in section sixteen,! except those authorized 
by law, and qualified electors, whom they shall allow to pass through the gates and 
approach the ballot box or boxes for the purpose of voting; and they shall admit one 
elector at a time, only, to vote, and shall cause said elector to retire without the gate 
and railing as soon as he has voted ; and no person shall in any manner interfere with 
a gate keeper of election in the discharge of his duty; and it shall be unlawful for the 
gate keepers to aid, assist, suggest, advise or entreat an elector to prepare his ballot in 
a particular manner, or to coerce or attempt to coerce an elector in any way to vote or 
to refrain from voting for any particular person or party. No person shall be eligible 
to fill the office of gate keeper of election on any election day when his name shall be 
on any ticket at said election. Gate keepers of elections shall be at the polling place 
at the opening of the polls, and shall remain there until the closing of the polls, and 
shall receive as compensation two dollars per day for each day’s work while actually 
engaged. 

64. Limitation of Time in the Boothg. (42.) The board of election may 
make such regulations as ihey deem proper, limiting the time in which an elector may 
remain in the room or booth while preparing and voting his ballot; such limitation, 
however, shall not be less than one nor more than five minutes. % 

65. Ballots Not to be Distributed Outside. (30.) No ballot shall be distri¬ 
buted by any person other than one of the inspectors of election, nor in any place 
except within the railing of the voting room, to electors about to vote, and no ballot 
which has not the initials of a member of the board of election written by such mem¬ 
ber on the back thereof shall be placed in the ballot box. 

66. Solicitation Prohibited. (33.) It shall be unlawful for the board, or any 
of them, or any person in the polling room or any compartment therewith connected, 
to persuade or to endeavor to persuade any person to vote for or against any particular 
candidate or party ticket. 

* But not unless marked by initials, etc. (See Sec. 65), and the voter must be registered. 

+ The section here referred to (Sec. 16), is an error—it should be Sec. 21. The section is divided 
in this compilation, so much of it as relates to railings and booths being made to stand as Sec 106 
and 106, and so much as relates to certain duties of gate keepers standing as Sec. 58. 

X The limitation will doubtless be construed to refer to the time in the booths. Where an elec¬ 
tor’s right to vote is disputed, more than five minutes may be required. 



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67. Duplicity—Spoiled Ballots. (34.) If the elector votes for more than one 
candidate for the same office, said ballot shall not be counted for those persons, but 
shall be as to them null and void. If any elector inadvertently spoils a ballot he may 
obtain another from the board by returning such spoiled ballot to the board, who shall 
preserve the same for return to the city or township clerk. 

. 68. Unused Ballots to be Returned. (35.) The board of inspectors of elec¬ 
tion shall preserve the unused ballots, together with the ballots which have been 
spoiled, and return the same to the city or township clerk, with a statement of the 
number of ballots used, and there shall be given by the clerk to the inspectors of elec¬ 
tion a receipt therefor, which shall be filed with the chairman of the board. 


CHALLENGES. 

60. Committees May Appoint Challengers. (23.) At every election, each of 
the political parties shall have the right to designate and keep not exceeding two 
challengers at each place of voting, who shall be assigned such position immediately 
adjoining the inspectors, inside the polling place, as will enable Hum to see each 
person as he offers to vote, and a seat and table or desk on which he may write within 
the railing shall be furnished for the accommodation of one of such challengers of 
each political party, and he shall have the right to inspect the pod lists as kept"by the 
clerks, and who shall be protected in the discharge of their duty by the inspectors and 
ttie police. Authority, signed by the recognized chairman or presiding officer of the 
chief managing committee of a party in such county or township, city, ward or voting 
preciact, shall be sufficient evidence of the right of such challengers to be present 
inside the room where the ballot box is kept. The chairman appointing any chal¬ 
lenger may, at his discretion, remove him and appoint another. Any challenger shall 
have the right and privilege of remaining during the canvass of the votes and until 
the returns are duly signed and made. As amended, Act 202, Pub. Acts, 1893. 

70. Duty of Inspectors to Challenge. (25.) It shall be the duty of each 
inspector to challenge every person offering a ballot whom he shall know or suspect 
to be disqualified as an elector; and the board of inspectors shall possess full authority 
to maintain regularity and order and to enforce obedience to their lawful commands 
during an election, and during the canvass of the votes after the poll is closed. 

71. Oath to Challenged Person. (24.) If any person offering to vote shall 
be challenged as unqualified by any inspector, challenger or elector entitled to vote at 
that poll, the chairman of the board of inspectors shall declare to the person chal¬ 
lenged the constitutional qualifications of an elector; and if such person shall slate 
that he is a qualified elector, and the challenge is not withdrawn, one of the inspect¬ 
ors shall tender to him such one of the following oaths as he may claim to contain the 
grounds of his qualifications to vote: 

1. You do solemnly swear Cor affirm) that you are twenty-one years of age, that you are a citi¬ 
zen of the United States, that you have resided in this State three months next preceding this day, 
ac d in this township, ward or voting precinct, as the case may be, ten days next preceding this day, 
and that you have not voted at this election ; or, 

2. You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are twenty-one years of age, that you resided in 
this State on the twenty-fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, that you have 
resided in this State three months next preceding this day, and in this township, ward or voting 
precinct, as the case may be, ten days next preceding this day, and that you have not voted at this 
election ; or, 

3. You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are twenty-one years of age, and that you 
resided in this State on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty, that you have declared 
your intention to become a citizen of the United States, pursuant to the laws thereof, six months 
preceding this election, that you have resided in this State three months next preceding this day, 
and in this township, ward, or voting precinct, as the case may be, ten days next preceding this 
day, and that you have not voted at this election ; or, 

4. You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are twenty-one years of age, that you have 
resided in this State two years and six months, that you have declared your intention to become a 
■citizen of the United States, pursuant to the laws thereof, six months preceding this election, that 
you have resided in this State three months next preceding this day, and in this township, ward, or 
voting precinct, as the case may be, ten days next preceding this day, and that you have not voted 
at this election ; or, 

5. You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are twenty-one years of age, and that you are a 
native of the United States, that you are a civilized inhabitant of Indian descent, and not a member 
of any tribe, that you have resided in this State three months next preceding this day, and in this 
township,ward, or voting precinct, as the case may be, ten days next preceding this day, and that 
you have not voted at this election. 

If the person so challenged shall take such oath, his vote shall be received ; but if 
he shall swear falsely, upon conviction thereof, he shall be liable to the pains and 
penalties of perjury. 


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72. Indorsement on Ballot. Whenever the ballot of any person who has 
been challenged, and who has taken the oath, shall be received, it shall be the duty of 
the inspectors to cause to be plainly indorsed on said ballot, with pencil, and in the 
manner hereinafter provided, before depositing the same in the ballot-box, the num¬ 
ber corresponding to the number placed against such voter’s name on the poll 
lists. * * * (Howell, § 230.) 

73. Indorsement, How' Concealed. To prevent the identification of such bal¬ 
lot, it shall be the duty of the inspectors to cause to be securely attached to it, with 
mucilage or other adhesive substance, a slip or piece of blank paper, of the same 
color and appearance, as near as may be, as the paper of the ballot, in such manner 
as to cover and wholly conceal said indorsement, but not to injure or deface the 
same. * * * (Howell, §231.) 

NOON ADJOURNMENT IN TOWNSHIPS. 

74. Comparing the Poll Lists, (27.) At each adjournment of the poll, the 
clerks shall, in the presence of the inspectors, compare their respective poll lists, com¬ 
pute and set down the number of votes, and in case the same do not agree shall, 
under the direction of the board, correct all mistakes that may be discovered, until 
such poll lists shall be made in all respects to correspond. 

75. Ballot Box to be Locked and Sealed. (28.) The ballot box shall then 
be opened and the poll list placed therein, the box locked, and at least five minutes 
before the removal of the same a piece of leather (or canvas) so placed as to extend 
from the opening in the lid of said ballot box to the key-hole in such a manner as to 
completely cover both such holes, shall be placed thereon and the same 
securely fastened with sealing wax stamped with the official election seal 
of such township or ward, such piece of leather (or canvas) and the 
sealing wax to be so arranged as to render it impossible to open either 
of said holes without breaking said seal. The key shall then be delivered to one of 
the inspectors, the box to another, and the seal to another. Such box shall not be 
opened nor the seal broken until the box has been publicly exposed at least five min¬ 
utes before the reopening of the poll. 

76. Reopening of the Poll. (29.) The inspector having the key shall keep it, 
in his possession, and deliver it again to the board at the next opening of the poll, and 
the inspector having the box shall carefully keep it without opening or suffering it to. 
be opened, or the seal thereof to be broken or removed, and shall publicly deliver it 
in that state to the board of inspectors at the next opening of the poll, when the seal 
shall be broken and the box opened, the poll lists taken out, and the box again locked. 

CANVASS AND RETURNS. 

77. Comparing the Poll Lists—Excessive Ballots. (36.) Immediately on 

closing the polls, the board shall proceed to canvass the votes. Such canvass shall 
be public, and shall commence by a comparison of the poll lists and a correction of 
any mistakes that may be found therein, until they shall be found or made to agree. 
The box shall then be opened and the whole number of ballots counted. If the bal¬ 
lots shall be in excess of the number of the electors voting according to the poll lists, 
they shall be replaced in the box, and one of the inspectors shall publicly draw out 
and destroy so many ballots therefrom, unopened, as shall be equal to such excess. 

78. Method of the Canvass. (36.) They shall first select and count the 
straight thickets, and give the number to each candidate voted for on the straight 
ticket. All other tickets shall be laid on the table and counted in regular order in 
such subdivisions thereof as may be convenient for a prompt and careful determina¬ 
tion of the result of such election. 

79. Compiler’s Note.— While not strictly according to the letter of the statute, there seems no 
objection to the count by debit and credit. All the tickets that have the X mark under the Demo¬ 
cratic heading (both straight and split) may be counted as straight, and credited up in full to all the 
candidates; and so of the Republican and other tickets. The splits will then be sorted out and the 
balances struck by debiting and crediting as the facts may appear. 

80. Irregular and Defective Ballots. (36 ) In the canvass of the votes, any 
ballot which is not indorsed with the initials of the inspector as provided in this act, 
i.nd any ballot which shall bear any distinguishing mark or mutilation, shall be void, 
and shall not be counted, and any ballot, or part of a ballot, from which it is impos¬ 
sible to determine the elector’s choice of candidates, shall be void as to the candidate 


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or candidates thereby affected : Provided , however, That all such ballots shall be 
preserved, marked by the inspectors (not counted) and kept separate from the others 
by being tied or held in one package by a rubber band or otherwise. 

81. Disposition of the Ballot Boxes, Seal, etc. (37) After the ballots are 
counted they shall, together with one tally-sheet, be placed in the ballot box, which 
shall be securely sealed in such a manner that it cannot be opened without breaking 
such seal. The ballot box shall then be placed in charge of the township or city 
clerk, but the keys of said ballot box shall be held by the chairman of the board, and 
the election seal in the hands of one of the other inspectors of election. 

82. Compiler's Note. —The new Act says, “securely sealed.” The new Act supersedes the old 
only so far as it contravenes, etc. Section 28 of the act of 1891 (Sec. 75 herein), relating to 
adjournments in townships, prescribes the method of sealing, and so identically Sec. 177 of Howell 
as amended by Act 296, Pub. Acts, 1887, relating to the final disposition of the boxes. It would cer¬ 
tainly be safe to follow this method, for which see Sec. 75 herein. 

83. Declaration and Statement of Result. (38.) After the count of the 
tickets or ballots has been completed, the result shall be immediately publicly 
declared, and the number of votes received by each candidate or person on the 
ticket, shai be publicly declared by one of the inspectors. The inspectors shall then 
prepare a statement of the result in duplicate, showing the whole number of votes for 
each office, the names of the persons for which such votes were given, and the number 
each person received. Such statement, when certified by the inspectors and duly 
signed, shall be delivered, one copy to the township clerk, to be filed by him in his 
office, and the other to the inspector appointed by the board to attend the county 
canvass. 

84. Disposition of the Poll Lists. One of the poll lists shall be delivered to the 
township clerk, and the other to the county clerk, which lists shall be filed and pre¬ 
served by them in their respective offices. In a city, the ballots, and one of such poll 
lists and statements, shall be delivered to the city clerk, and shall be kept and pre¬ 
served by him. (Howell, Sec. 178.) 

85. Canvass in Election Districts in Townships. The district inspectors of 
election shall, without adjourning, publicly canvass the votes received by them, the 
same as prescribed by law for canvassing votes at the general elections in this State, 
except as herein otherwise provided, and shall on the same day make a statement in 
writing, setting forth in words at full length the whole number of votes given for 
each office, the names of persons for whom such votes for each office were given, and 
the whole number of votes given upon each question voted upon, and the number 
of votes given for and against the same; which statement shall be certified, under 
the hands of the inspectors of election of such district, to be correct, and they shall 
deposit such statement and certificate on the day of election, together with the poll 
list and the register of electors and the boxes containing said ballots, with the board 
of inspectors of district numbered “one,” and said last named board shall imme¬ 
diately consolidate said district reports, and the combined result shall be the official 
canvass of said township. (Howell, § 130.) 

BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. 

86. Election Commissioners in Counties. (9.) In each county in the State, 
the judge of probate, county clerk and county treasurer, shall constitute a board of 
election commissioners, two of whom shall constitute a quorum, and of which board 
the judge of probate shall be chairman and the county clerk shall be secretary.* It 
shall be the duty of said board to prepare and distribute ballots and stamps for elec¬ 
tion of all officers for whom the electors are entitled to vote, and for all proposed 
constitutional amendments or other questions to be submitted to the electors of the 
State for popular vote in compliance with the provisions of law. The members of 
swd board shall serve without compensation. 

87. Commissioners to Cause Ballots to be Printed. (10.) The said board 
of election commissioners shall cause to be printed on the ballot the names of the can¬ 
didates nominated by the regularly called conventions of any party. * * * 

DUTIES OF PARTY COMMITTEES—VIGNETTES. 

88. To Furnish Vignettes and Names to Commissioners. (10.) And it 

shall be the duty of the State, district or county committee of each political party to 

*As to election commissioners in townships, cities and villages, see Sec. 115-118 herein. 



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forward to the said board of election commissioners of each county in the State, not 
less than twenty days* prior to any such election, a copy of the vignette adopted by 
them, and the names of all candidates nominated at any regularly called convention, { 
at which candidates for any of the offices mentioned in section one of this Act shall 
be nominated, and no other names, unless authorized or instructed by said conven¬ 
tion. All the names of parties so nominated shall be certified to by the chairman and 
secretary of the respective committees. 

89. State Committee to Adopt Vignette. (11.) It shall hereafter be the 
duty of the State committee of any political party or organization in the State, 
before each election, to prepare and adopt by engraving or otherwise, a vignette, to be 
printed' at the top of the column of such ballot assigned to such party, as a destinctive 
and characteristic heading thereto ; such vignette shall not be more than one inch and 
a half square, and in addition to the device adopted, shall set forth legibly the name 
of such party. § 

90. Vignette and Copy of Ballot to be Filed. (12.) When such vignette 
and heading shall have been adopted and prepared, an impression of the same, fob 
lowed by the names of the candidates nominated at, or by the direction of the regu¬ 
larly called convention, printed and sealed up in an envelope, shall be filed with the 
county clerk of the county where such election is to be held, at least twenty days 
before such election ; also a copy shall be filed with the Secretary of State at least 
twenty days prior to such election. 

91. Penalty for Counterfeiting. (12.) Such ballots shall be kept by the 
Secretary of State and county clerk on deposit, and from the time of said filing it 
shall be unlawful for any person to imitate, copy or in any manner counterfeit the 
same, or change the name of the candidate of such regular convention, except as 
herein provided, or by authority of such convention. 

92. Vignette to Remain as Official Until Changed. (12.) Such vignette 
and heading shall remain as the heading for the column of such party organization on 
the ballots of all elections until changed by the proper committee, and notice 
thereof shall have been given to such county clerks and Secretary of State. 

93. Commissioners to Provide Cuts of Vignette. (12.) It shall be the duty 
of the board of election commissioners to provide, at the expense of the county, a 
sufficient number of cuts of the several vignettes provided for in this act, from which 
to print the necessary number of ballots to be distributed by them. 

PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OP BALLOTS. 

94. How Ballots to be Printed. (14.) The board of election commis¬ 
sioners in each county shall cause the names of all candidates for the various offices 
mentioned in section one of this act to be voted for in each legislative district of said 
county at any election held pursuant to the provisions of this act, to be printed on 
one ballot, all nominations of any party to be placed under the title and device of 
such party as designated by them in their certificate. And shall also cause any pro¬ 
posed constitutional amendments or other questions to be submitted to the electors of 
the State for popular vote, to be printed at the foot of said ballot in such convenient 

place as to be readily distinguishable, one from the other. The ticket of the party 
having the greatest number of votes within the county at the last preceding general elec¬ 
tion, shall be placed first on the ballot, the position of other tickets to be governed rela¬ 
tively by the same rule. The ballots shall be of uniform size and of the same quality 
of white paper, and sufficiently thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from 
the back. The list of candidates of each party shall be placed in a sepaiate column 
of said ballot with the appropriate heading ; and the arrangement of ihe ballot shall 
conform as nearly as may be to the following plan, and shall contain the specific 
instructions therein set forth, and no others:|| As amended, Act 202, Pub. Acts, 1893. 

95. Proof Copy of Ballot. (11.) A proof copy of the ballot shall be on file 
at the offic e of the county clerk of each county and open for inspection by the candi- 

* In townships, cities and villages, not less than five days. (See Sec. 118 herein.) 

+ As to manner of supplying vacancies by pasters, see Sec. 98 herein. 

§ The balance of this section stands as Sec. 95 herein. 

| For form of ballot see page 21 herein. 



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d a te3 named thereon and by the chairman of each committee furnishing the names of 
candidates thereon, but by no other person, at least ten days prior to each election.* * * § 
And it shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners to correct such 
errors as may be found therein by such inspection.! 

cl Number of Ballots to be Printed—Stamps to be Provided. (17.) It 
shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to provide a 
sufficient number of ballots, at least two to each elector, according to the vote at the 
last Preceding general election. They shall also provide and inclose in each package 
or omeial ballots to be delivered to some member of the board of election inspectors 
of each voting precinct, as hereafter provided, as many metallic stamps bearing a 
cross [xj. together with ink pads and metallic erasing stamps as may be necessary, at 
least two stamps b iing furnished for every booth erected as hereinafter provided. And 
the board of election commissioners of each county shall audit and issue their warrants 
for the same, which shall be paid by the county treasurer out of the general fund of 
the county. As amended, Act 202, Pub. Acts, 1893. 


97. Constitutional Amendments. (18.) Whenever a constitutional amend¬ 
ment or other question is proposed to be voted upon by the electors, the substance of 
such amendment or other question shall be clearly indicated upon the ballot, and 
below the same upon the ballot shall be placed in separate lines the words “ Yes” and 
“ No.” The elector shall designate his vote by a cross mark, [X] placed opposite the 
word “ Yes” or the word “No.” 

98. Supplying Vacancies, Pasters, Etc. (15.) In case of the death, removal 
or withdrawal of any candidate after the printing of such ballots, and before such 
election, the chairman of the State, district or county committee of the political party 
to which such candidate belonged shall transmit to the county clerk the name of the 
person selected by such party to fill such vacancy, and said county clerk shall provide 
the election board of each precinct in which such candidate is to be voted for, with a 
number of pasters containing only the name of such new candidate,! at least equal to 
the number of ballots provided for such precinct, but no pasters shall be given to, or 
received by any one, except such election board and such chairman ; and it shall be 
the duty of the chairman of the board of inspectors of election to put one of such 
pasters in a careful and proper manner, in the proper place on each ballot, before it 
shall be given to any elector for the purpose of voting. In case of such death, removal 
or resignation before the printing of such ballots, the name of the person selected in 
the place of such candidate shall be communicated by the proper committee of the 
political organization to which such candidate belonged, and the necessary change in 
such ballot shall be made by the board. 


DELIVERY OF BALLOTS TO ELECTION OFFICERS. 

99. Chairman of Election Inspectors to Procure ballots. (19.) It shall 
be the duty of the chairman of the board of election inspectors of each voting precinct 
in each county, or in case he cannot attend, some other member of such board, author¬ 
ized in writing by said chairman, to # appear at the office of the county clerk of his 
county, not more than four nor less than two days before each election, and the board 
of election commissioners shall deliver to him, in a seale'd package, the ballots and 
the stamps provided for his precinct § 

100. Ballots to be in Sealed Packages and Receipted For. (19.) The 
necessary number of ballots shall be wrapped and tied in packages, and securely 
sealed with wax, and the chairman of said board, || or some other member thereof 
duly authorized therefor, shall make and sign a certificate setting forth the number 
of ballots in such package, and that such ballots were packed and sealed by himself 
personally, and upon delivery of such package and said certificate to said inspector of 
elections he shall receipt for the same; and for the safe sealing of such ballots, the 
county board of election commissioners shall provide themselves with a seal of such 
design as they may deem proper. 

101. When Packages of Ballots to be Opened. (19.) Said packages 

* In townships, cities and villages, at least two days prior to election. (See Sec. 118 herein.) 

+ And to supply vacancies when directed by the proper committee as by Sec. 98. 

% It would be well to have the slips printed in block, with a stub containing a memorandum, 
showing where they are to go. 

§ And should also procure the printed instructions as by Sec. 108 herein. 

11 Meaning the chairman of the county board of election commissioners. 



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shall not be opened until delivered to the election board of the respective voting pre¬ 
cincts to which they are directed, when said boards shall be fully organized and 
ready for the reception of votes as in this act provided. 

102. When Ballots to be Sent by Special Messenger. (20.) In case none of 
the board of election inspectors of any precinct shall appear at the office of the county 
clerk within the time above specified, the board of election commissioners shall forth¬ 
with dispatch a special messenger to such precinct, with the ballots and stamps for 
such precinct, wrapped, tied and sealed as aforesaid, who shall deliver the same to 
one of the election inspectors or some responsible elector of such precinct, to be desig¬ 
nated by the board of election commissioners, who may receipt therefor, and whose 
duty it shall be to deliver the same to the inspectors at the polling place before seven 
o’clock in the forenoon of the day of election. Such messenger shall promptly report 
to such clerk and file with him the receipt of the person to whom he delivered such 
ballots and stamps, and his affidavit stating where, when and to whom he delivered 
the same. 

103. Unlawful Printing and Delivering of Ballots. (16.) It shall not be 

lawful for the printer of such ballots, or any other person, to give, or deliver to, or 
knowingly permit to be taken, any of said ballots, by any person other than a mem¬ 
ber of the board of election commissioners, for which such ballots are being printed, 
or to print or cause or permit to be printed, any ballot in any other form than the one 
prescribed by this act, or with any other name thereon, or with the names misspelled 
or the names or devices thereon arranged in any other way than that authorized and 
directed by the slid board of election commissioners: Provided, That it shall and 
may be lawful for the chairmen of committees and candidates named on the official 
ballot to procure any number of fac similes of the ticket to be printed on red, yellow 
or blue paper, aid to circu'ate the same for the purpose of the instruction of voters, 
said colored billot to have printed at the head the words “Instruction Ballot.” As 
amended, Act 202, Pub. Acts, 1893. 

DUTIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND BOARDS. 

104. Election Districts. (4.) No election district or voting precinct under the 
provisions of tbi* act shall contain more than six hundred and fifty electors according 
to the poll list of the last preceding general election. When any election district or 
voting precinct shall contain over six hundred and fifty electors, it shall be the duty of 
the towuffiip bnrd in townships, and the city council in cities, to divide such voting 
precinct into tw) or more election districts. In case of townships and incorporated vil- 
lag^sso divided, the provisions of chapter eight of Howell’s Annotated Statutes*shall 
apply to and govern all proceeding* hereunder, with reference to such division, boards 
of registration, election inspectors, and all matters arising therefrom not provided for 
by this act. In cities where no special provisions exist relative thereto, such division 
and all matters arising therefrom, not covered by the provisions of this act, shall be 
provided for by ordinance of the common council of said city, and it is hereby made 
the duty of such common council to make all necessary rules and regulations in con¬ 
nection herewith to fully carry out the provisions of this section : Pi'ovided, That any 
election district or voting precinct under the provisions of this act containing three 
hundred or more electors, and not exceeding six hundred and fifty electors, according 
to the poll list of the last preceding general election, may, at the discretion of the 
proper authorities, be divided into two election districts. As amended, Act 17, Pub. 
Acts, 1893. 

105. Railing and Gates in the Polling Room. (21.) In all townships, and 
all voting precincts in cities, the township board of each township, and the various 
officers whose duty it may be to designate and prescribe the place or places of holding 
general elections in the several cities, wards, election districts and voting precincts 
throughout the State, shall provide for, and cause to be erected in the room where 
elections are to be held, a railing or fence four feet in height, which railing or fence 
shall be placed through and across the room, and shall cause gates to be erected in 
said railing.f 


* Howell’s comp., Sec. 124-136. 

+ As to this and the next following section see note to Sec. 63. 



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106. Booths and Exit (Sate. (21.) The entrance gate shall be placed at one 
side of the room, and on the inside of said gate a booth or temporary room shall be 
erected. At least one such booth shall be provided at each polling place, and not less 
than one for each hundred persons entitled to vote thereat, as shown by the last pre¬ 
ceding registration of electors, and built with walls not less than six feet high, and in 
such manner that the person preparing the ballot shall be concealed from all other 
persons. Said railing shall also contain an exit gate, which shall be under the care 
of an officer appointed by the board and duly sworn, as above. 

107. Ballot Boxes and Seal. (6.) There shall be provided and kept by the 
township clerk in each township at the expense of such township, and in each ward 
or voting precinct of any city by the city clerk or recorder at the expense of the city, 
one or more suitable ballot boxes, with lock and key, which ballot box shall have an 
opening through the lid of the proper size to admit a single closed ballot, through 
“Which each ballot received shall be passed into the box. He shall also furnish a 
township or ward election seal, which shall contain the name of the township or ward 
and the words “election seal” around the margin thereof, and such other words or 
device thereon as the township board of the township or common council of the city 
may prescribe. 

109. Notice of Constitutional Amendments. (13) Whenever a proposed 
constitutional amendment or other question is to be submitted to the electors of the 
State for popular vote, the Secretary of State shall duly, and not less than thirty 
days before election, certify the same to the clerk of each county in the State. 

SALOONS AND LIQUORS. 

110. Duties of Inspectors in Case of Saloon, Etc. (40.) No election shall 
be held, nor shall any election be appointed to be held in any saloon or bar room, or 
in any room or place contiguous with or adjoining thereto. Should any place be 
designated or appointed for holding an election in violation hereof, or become subject 
to such objection after haviog been so designated, the inspectors of election shall have 
power, and it shall be their duty, on or before the day of such election, and before the 
opening of the polls on such day, to procure a suitable place as near thereto as may 
be, not subject to lik objection. Said inspectors shall meet at the place first desig¬ 
nated at the time for opening the poll, and after any vacancies in their number shall 
have been filled, adjourn to the place chosen by them, and at the time of said adjourn¬ 
ment, give public notice to the electors present by proclamation of such change, and 
post in a conspicious manner notice of the place where such election shall be held, 
and all expenses attending such change shall be certified by said inspectors to the pro¬ 
per authorities and shall be allowed and paid accordingly. 

111. Liquors Not to be Introduced. (41.) Any person or persons introduc¬ 
ing in any way, upon election day, into the building where an election is being held, 
any spirituous or malt liquors, and any inspector or clerk of election drinking any 
such liquors in such places, or being intoxicated therein upon election day, shall be 
deemed guilty*of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of 
competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dol¬ 
lars, or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or by both such fine and imprison¬ 
ment, in the discretion of the court. 

CERTAIN DUTIES, LIABILITIES AND PENALTIES. 

112. Statement of Expenses to be Filed. (44.) It shall be the duty of every 
candidate for any office named in this act, and of the chairman of every State, dis¬ 
trict and county*committee of each political organization, within twenty days after 
each election held pursuant to the provisions of this act, to make and file an affidavit 
stating the amount of money expended by such candidate or committee in and about 
the canvass of such candidate or political organization in connection with 
such election, and further showing that no expenditures have been made 
by such candidate or political organization or by any person in his or its 
behalf to the knowledge or belief of the person making such affidavit, for any pur¬ 
pose prohibited by this act. Such affidavit, when made by the chairman of the State 
committee or a candidate for any state office, shall be filed in the office of the Secre¬ 
tary of State; when made by the chairman of any district committee or a candidate 


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for the office of presidential elector, member of Congress, State senator or represen¬ 
tative, in the office of the clerk of the county to which election returns for said dis¬ 
trict are made, and when made by the chairman of any county committee or candidate 
for a county office, in the office of the clerk of such county. Willful false swearing 
in this or in any other matter herein required to be under the oath of any person, 
shall be deemed perjury, and punishable accordingly. 

113. Expenditures by Candidates Forbidden. (43) It shall not be lawful 
for any candidate for any elective office, with intent to promote his election, or for 
any other person, with intent to promote the election of any such candidate, either : 

First, To provide or furnish entertainment at his expense to any meeting of elec¬ 
tors, previous to, or during the election at which he [shall] may be a candidate ; or, 

Second , To pay for, procure, or engage to pay for any such entertainment; or, 

Third, To contribute money for any other purpose intended to promote an election 
of any particular person or ticket, except for the defraying the expenses of office room 
or hall rent, postage, stationery and clerk hire, music at public meetings, the pay and 
expense of public speakers, transportation of committeemen, the pay of challengers 
at pol's, and of person? to inspect the registration of voters and of persons employed 
to make lists of the voters in election precincts, and of printing, and the circulation of 
handbills and other papers previous to any such election, or for conveying electors to 
the polls. As amended, Act 202, Pub. Acts, 1893. 

114. Certain Acts a Felony. (45.) Any person who shall knowingly violate 
any of the provisions of this act, or shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any 
duty enjoined upon him hereby, or shall disclose to any other person the name of any 
candidate voted for by any elector, the contents of whose ballot shall have been seen 
by such person, or shall in any manner obstruct or attempt to obstruct any elector in 
his exercise of his duties as such elector under this act, shall be deemed guilty of a 
felony, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thou¬ 
sand dollars, or imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding two years, or by both 
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 46. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby 
repealed. 

TOWNSHIP, CITY AND VILLAGE ELECTIONS. * 

115. General Laws Applicable. (1.) That all elections hereafter held in the 
various cities, villages and townships in this State, shall be in conformity with the 
provisions of the laws governing general elections solar as the same shall be applic¬ 
able thereto, and all the provisions of such laws relative to the boards of election 
inspectors, the arrangement of polling places, the manner of voting and receiving 
votes, and the canvass and declaration of the result of such election, are hereby made 
applicable to such municipal and township elections, but the time for the opening and 
closing of the polls shall not be affected thereby. 

116. Board of Election Commissioners. (2.) The township board of each 
township, and such persons as shall be elected therefor by the common councils of the 
various cities and villages in this State, shall be the board of election commissioners 
for such township, city, or village respectively, and shall perform such duties relative 
to the preparation and printing of ballots as are required by law of the boards of elec¬ 
tion commissioners of counties. 

117. Party Committees. (2.) And like duties and privileges as are enjoined 
and granted by the laws governing general elections upon the various committees of 
the different political organizations are hereby prescribed for the city, village or town¬ 
ship committees in elections held pursuant hereto ; except that it shall not be neces¬ 
sary for the committees of the different political organizations to furnish a vignette or 
heading for the ballots other than to designate the name of the party or political 
organization which they represent. 

118. When Names to be Supplied. (3.) In municipalities governed by this 
law, the names of candidates shall be given by the committees of the various political 
organizations to the board of election commissioners of such municipality not less 
than five days before each election, and the proof copy of the ballot shall be open to 
the inspection of the chairman of each committee at the office of the .ownship clerk, 
and city or village clerk or recorder, not less than two clear secular days before such 
election. 

* An Act to prescribe the manner of conducting municipal and township elections, and to pre¬ 
vent fraud and deception thereat. Approved July 3, 1891. Act No. 194, Public Acts, 1891. 



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OFFICIAL BALLOT. 

[Instructions —]In all cases stamp a cross (x) in the circle under the name of your 
party at the head of the ballot. If you desire to vote a straight ticket nothing further 
need be done. 

Where only one candidate is to be elected to any office, and you desire to vote for 
a candidate not on your party ticket, make across in the square before the. name of 
the candidate for whom you desire to vote on the other ticket. 

Where two or more candidates are to be elected to the same office, and you desire to 
vote for candidates on different tickets for such office, make a cross in the square before 
the names of the candidates for whom you desire to vote on the other ticket; also erase 
an equal, number of names of candidates on your party ticket for the same office for 
whom you do not desire to vote. 

If you wish to vote for a candidate , not on an^ ticket, write or place the name of 
such candidate on your ticket opposite the name of the office. Before leaving the 
booth, fold the ballot so that the initials may be seen on the outside. 


NAME OF OFFICER 

VOTED FOR. 

--- --— - ---- X - 


‘ * * 

vignette. 

VIONETTE. 

VIONETTE. 

DEMOCRATIC. 

o 

REPUBLICAN. 

o 

INDUSTRIAL. 

o 

State. 

Governor . 

ZZ Edwin B. Winans. 

□ James M. Turner. 

ZZ Lyrtian A. Brant, 

Lieutenant Governor .. . 

Secretary of State.. 

ZZ Frederick Braastad. 

Z2 Lemuel G. Dafop. 

ZZ William A. Johnson. 

□ Daniel E. Soper. 

i 

Zlf Washington Gardner. 

ZZ William H. McKinstry 

CONGRESSIONAL. 

Representative in Congress— 
fifth Congressional district. 

Presidential. 

Electors of President and Vice 
President 

ZZ Edwin F. Uhl. 

Z2 Charles W. Watkins. 

ZZ Dudley O.JVatson. 

ZZ Arthur S. White. 

ZZ Frederick W. Maynard 

ZZ John W. Hayward. 

Legislative. 

State Senator — twenty-first 
district... 

ZZ Albert K. Roof. 

% 

ZZ Selig Solomon. 

ZZ John M. Herz. 

Representative—first district. 

County. 

Sheriff. 

ZZ Vincent P. Cash. 

ZZ DeVere Hall. 

ZZ William B. Jackson. 

C Charles R. Pratt. 

ZZ William Hahn. 

□ James Hanley. 

J ndge of Probate . .. _ 

[□Jay L. Newberry. 

ZZ Grant M. Morse. 

□ Frank Porter. 

Treasurer.. 

□3 J. WarreD Peake. 

ZZ John V. N. Gregory. 

□ Frank W. Cook. 



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A STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN TICKET. 


NAME OF OFFICE 

VOTED FOR. 

REPUBLICAN. 

DEMOCRATIC. 

O 

PEOPLE’S. 

O 

Mayor . 

1 Sylvester Abel. 

1 1 Charles Babcock. 

1 1 Daniel Campbell. 

City Clerk. 

! Levi Aldrich. 

1 1 Norman Bailey. 

1 1 Orrin Chapman. 

City Treasurer. 

City Attorney. 

Police Justice. 

Justice of Peace... 

r 

MembersBoard of J 
Estimates at large 1 

It 

i Charles Austin. 

1 1 John Barber. 

I 1 John Clare. 

1 David Andrews. 

1 ! John Bartow. 

i 1 Henry Compton. 

I John W. Allen. 

n Byron D. Ball. 

1 1 Millman Cooper. 

! Henry J. Alvord. 

1 Noah Beach. 

\ Martin Connor. 

! Oliver H. Abell. 

1 John S. Barry. 

! John L. Curtis. 

! Titus Dort. 

1 ! Edward Ellis. 

1 1 Norman Andrews 
I ! Levi L. Baxter. 

! 1 Robert Crouse. 

, 1 Ellery Deming. 

! 1 Ralph Ely. 

1 1 Samuel Axford. 

1 1 Adam Beattie. 

1 i George B. Cooper 

1 1 Charles Dixon. 

1 1 Samuel Etheridge 

A MIXED TICKET. 

NAME OF OFFICE 

VOTED FOR. 

REPUBLICAN. 

O 

DEMOCRATIC. 

O 

PEOPLE’S. 

o 

Mayor .. 

.M Sylvester Abel. 

, .. 

i I Charles Babcock. 

l ! Daniel Campbell. 

City Clerk. . 

. Jill Levi Aldrich. 

2$ Norman Bailey. 

1 1 Orrin Chapman. 

City Treasurer. .., 

. □ Charles Austin. 

[ZlJohn Barber. 

35 John Clare. 

City Attorney- 

Police Justice. 

Justice of Peace... 

. £□ David Andrews. 

! f John Bartow. 

2^ Henry Compton. 

jj^John W. Allen. 

^ Byron D. Ball. 

i ! Millman Cooper. 

■’ ! Heory J. Alvord. 

I ■ Noah Beach. 

Martin Connor. 

r 

MembersBoard of I 
Estimates at large 1 

1 

l 

JSJ Oliver H. Abell. 

! John S. Barry. 

: i John L. Curtis. 

1 ! Titus Dort. 

ZU Edward Ellis. 

■ ! Norman Andrews 

1 ! Levi L. Baxter.. 
35 Robert Crouse, 
i ! Ellery Deming. 

1 1 Ralph Ely. 

1 Samuel Axford. 

25 Adam Beattie 

CH George B. Cooper 
! 1 Charles Dixon. 

ZU Samuel Etheridge 


The “Mixed Ticket” votes only for those whose names are marked with 
the X, but as two names are so marked for Police Justice the vote does not 
count for either. 













































A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET, 


NAME OF OFFICE 

VOTED FOR. 

REPUBLICAN. 

o 

DEMOCRATIC. 

PEOPLE’S. 

o 

Mayor . 

HI! Sylvester Abel. 

1 ! Charles Babcock. 

! ! Daniel Campbell. 

City Clerk.. 

1 ! Levi Aldrich. 

1 1 Norman Bailey. 

1 1 On in Chapman. 

City Treasurer.... 

City Attorney. 

Police Justice. 

Justice of Peace... 

MembersBoard of 
Estimates at large 

1 1 Charles Austin. 

1 ! John Barber. 

1 1 John Clare. 

1 1 David Andrews. 

1 1 John Bartow. 

1 1 Henry Compton. 

1 ! John W. Allen. 

r~i Byron D. Ball. 

, ! Millman Cooper. 

m Henry J. Alvord. 

1 1 Noah Beach. 

m Martin Connor. 

1 1 Oliver H. Abell. 

! 1 John S. Barry. 

I 1 John L. Curtis. 

1 i Titus Dort. 

1 ! Edward Ellis. 

1 I Norman Andrews 
1 ! Levi L. Baxter, 
m Robert Crouse. 

1 1 Ellery Deming. 

! 1 Ralph Ely. 

1 1 Samuel Axford. 

! Adam Beattie. 

! 1 George B. Cooper 

1 i Charles Dixon. 

1 ! Samuel Etheridge 


A “SPLIT" TICKET, 


NAME OF OFFICE 

VOTED FOR. 

REPUBLICAN. 

0 

DEMOCRATIC. 

O 

PEOPLE’S. 

& 

Mayor . 

m Sylvester Abel. 

m Charles Babcock. 

! 1 Daniel Campbell. 


City Clerk. 

& Levi Aldrich. 

r~l Norman Bailey. 

m Orrin Chapman. 

City Treasurer. ... 

City Attorney. 

Police Justice. 

Justice of Peace... 

MembersBoard of 
Estimates at large 

m Charles Austin. 

1 1 John Barber. 

r~l John Clare. 

^ David Andrews. 

i ! John Bartow. 

1 1 Henry C&npton. 

m John W. Allen. 

m Byron D. Ball. 

I 1 Millman Cooper, 

1 1 Henry J. Alvord. 

i 1 1 Noah Beach. 

m Martin Connor. 
James Huston. 

Oliver H. Abell, 
m John S. Barry. 

1 ! John L. Curtis. 

1 1 Titus Dort. 

\l ! Edward Ellis. 

m Norman Andrews 
Levi L. Baxter, 
l : Robert Crouse. 

□ Ellery Deming. 

! 1 Ralph Ely. 

1 1 Samuel Axford. 

1 1 Adam Beattie 

! i Charles Dixon. 


The “ Split Ticket ” above votes the People’s ticket, except Chapman, Clare, Compton, 
Connor, Geo. B. Cooper and Etheridge. Those names marked with the X are voted for. David 
Jones, written under John Clare, takes the vote from Clare, and James Huston being pasted 
under Connor, takes the vote from him. (See Sec. 59, 60, 60a.) 
















































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